Dr Maad Mohammed Al Owaifeer

Acting Chairman & Assistant Professor

Research Scholar & Director, SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

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Education:

• Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States, 2021.
• M.S, Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States, 2020.
• M.S, Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2015.
• B.S, Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2013.

Research Interests:

• Optimization,
• Power Systems,
• System Reliability,
• Microgrids,
• Distributed Energy Resources,
• Renewable Energy,
• Operational Planning,
• Control

Publications:

1. Adaptive Frequency Control of an EV-Integrated Microgrid Using Deep Reinforcement Learning Usman, Q. T., Mohiuddin, M. B. & Alowaifeer, M. M., 2026, In: International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals, and Devices, SSD. 2026, p. 1269-1274
2. Isharah: A Large-Scale Multi-Scene Dataset for Continuous Sign Language Recognition Alyami, S., Luqman, H., Al-Azani, S., Alowaifeer, M., Alharbi, Y. & Alonaizan, Y., 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 28, p. 5050-5058
3. A Comparative Study on Neural Network Architectures for DC Optimal Power Flow Hennache, M. L. & Alowaifeer, M., 2025, IECON 2025 - 51st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
4. Benchmarking Neural Training Approaches for DCOPF: Supervised, Hybrid Physics-Informed, and Unsupervised Physics-Informed Hennache, M. L. & Alowaifeer, M., 2025, 2025 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe 2025.
5. Control Optimization of Steam Boilers via Reinforcement Learning
   Okafor, E. & Alowaifeer, M., 2025, In: IEEE Access. 13, p. 73146-73160
6. Distributed Deep Neural Networks for the OPF Problem Katranji, A. & Alowaifeer, M., 2025, 2025 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe 2025.
7. Groundwater health probability risk prediction through oral intake using advanced optimization methods
   Abdu, F. J., Abba, S. I., Usman, J., Alowaifeer, M. & Aljundi, I. H., Sep 2025, In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 274, 104670.
8. Learning ACOPF Without Labels: A Physics-Guided Two-Stage Neural Framework Alowaifeer, M., 2025, 2025 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, ISGT Europe 2025
9. The SignEval 2025 Challenge at the ICCV Multimodal Sign Language Recognition Workshop: Results and Discussion Luqman, H., Mineo, R., Aljubran, M., Hasanaath, A. A., Sorrenti, A., Alyami, S., Al-Azani, S., Alowaifeer, M., Moon, J. H., Javorek, V., Zelezny, T., Hruz, M., Caligiore, G., Giancola, S., Polikovsky, S., Alfarraj, M., Fontana, S., Mahmud, M., Khan, M. H. & Islam, K. & 6 others, , 2025, Proceedings - 2025 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, ICCV-W 2025. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 5086-5095
10. Adaptive optimization of virtual synchronous generator based on fuzzy logic control and differential evolution
    Awda, Y. & Alowaifeer, M., Apr 2024, In: Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 15, 4, 102606.
11. Arabic Text Formality Modification: A Review and Future Research Directions Abudalfa, S. I., Abdu, F. J. & Alowaifeer, M. M., 2024, In: IEEE Access. 12, p. 185117-185148
12. Explainable deep learning diagnostic system for prediction of lung disease from medical images Hroub, N. A., Alsannaa, A. N., Alowaifeer, M., Alfarraj, M. & Okafor, E., Mar 2024, In: Computers in Biology and Medicine. 170, 108012.
13. A Review of Microgrid Energy Management and Control Strategies Ahmad, S., Shafiullah, M., Ahmed, C. B. & Alowaifeer, M., 2023, In: IEEE Access. 11, p. 21729-21757
14. Artificial intelligence for control and optimization of boilers’ performance and emissions: A review Nemitallah, M. A., Nabhan, M. A., Alowaifeer, M., Haeruman, A., Alzahrani, F., Habib, M. A., Elshafei, M., Abouheaf, M. I., Aliyu, M. & Alfarraj, M., 10 Sep 2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 417, 138109.
15. Microgrids Provision of Frequency Response to Low-Inertia Grids Awda, Y., Alowaifeer, M. & Abido, M., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2023
16. Multi-Period Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming Alhashedi, S., Khan, K. A., Alowaifeer, M. & Khalid, M., 2023, 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies, GlobConHT 2023.
17. State Estimation of Electrical Grids via Neural Networks Taher, A., Katranji, A. & Alowaifeer, M., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2023 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe 2023. Leonowicz, Z. (ed.).